No other book brings students closer to doing real marketing. Students experience real marketing three key ways in the text: through Real People/Real Choices segments, entrepreneurial-focused Spotlight boxes, and end-of-part cases based on a real start-up company. The extensive supplement package, including the "Living Laboratory" website, reinforces the experiential thrust of the text.

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Introduces marketing from a practical, real-world perspective. Fosters the development of students' decision-making skills through the presentation of the most important current trends in marketing thought and practice in an accessible manner.

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So what makes this book unique?It's not just what we say, it's also how we say it

You'll be encouraged to focus less on memorizing definitions and more on understanding the importance of marketing. We'll take you behind the scenes in every chapter and introduce you to real marketers and explore real choices they've made. Students and instructors tell us time and again that no other book brings students closer to experiencing real marketing. We think you'll agree. The personal approach brings marketing to life.